Everyone at the Noisy Classroom and PiXL Edge are thrilled with the new website www.upfordebate.co.uk. As well as all of the resources that were previously available to PiXL Edge schools on Huddle there are new videos and resources to make delivering debating in the classroom and club easier than ever. It is free for all …
Up for Debate 2016-17 is up and running! The new and improved scheme of work gives teachers more flexibility to tailor the activities for classroom and debate clubs and the new topics are both challenging and engaging. Teacher training will take place around the country next month with sessions in London, Exeter, Leeds and Birmingham. …
The Noisy Classroom are delighted to welcome Charlie Barnett to the team as Senior Education Advisor. Charlie is the Assistant Headteacher responsible for Academic Progress at Wensleydale School. He came to debating through the PiXL Up for Debate Programme last year and his school reached the national finals at Eton. Charlie immediately saw the classroom …
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The Noisy Classroom are delighted to welcome back Alice Coombes Huntley to the team after a year’s break where Alice was reading a Masters in English at Oxford University. Alice now takes on the new role of Head of Programmes, which will include managing the national PiXL Up For Debate programme. Alice will be based …
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After a truly wonderful day of debating at Eton College today, Laurence Jackson School are the first PiXL Up For Debate Champions. They reached the finals by arguing in debates on assisted suicide, increased use of referenda and whether sports starts are good role models. For the Grand Final debate, they proposed that university education …
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PiXL and the Noisy Classroom gave a warm welcome to the eight Up for Debate finalist schools this weekend as they came to London for their intensive masterclasses. By day they were worked hard by Debbie Newman, G. Rhydian Morgan, Harold Raitt and England Team coach Lewis Iwu who drilled them in style, content, structure and …
The regional heats of the Noisy Classroom PiXL Up For Debate tournament are now all finished. Many thanks to Blundell’s School, Alleyn’s School, the University of Nottingham and the University of Sunderland for being wonderful hosts for our regional rounds. Congratulations to the eight teams who won through to the National Finals from rounds held …
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The PiXL Club is addressing oracy in schools and they starting by focusing on debating. This year the Noisy Classroom will work closely with them to pilot a new national schools debate programme, Up For Debate. The programme will involve training teachers, providing resources for using debate in the classroom and setting up debate clubs, …
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